Chapter 18: What has Qingfeng been doing at night lately?

The past two days have been peaceful, and the breeze is still going to work as usual, and I hurried home on my bicycle.

I used to think that cooking was very simple, and as far as lamb soup is concerned, as long as the ingredients are fresh enough, the soup made by throwing those seasonings into it must be delicious. But since the last time I drank the soup my mother cooked for me, the things I boiled out by myself didn't taste like that.

I had to learn from my mother.

My mother was very happy about my return, and she patted the dust on my legs along the way while muttering, don't come back in the near future, it will be the Double Ninth Festival soon.

"Listen to the sheep herder, that hole has been moving again lately," my mother said, looking at my face carefully.

I chuckled in my heart, it's been too long, and I've thought I'm a normal person for a long time.

The Double Ninth Festival in early September was supposed to be a good day for family reunions, and everyone was drinking rice wine to celebrate, but every time I was locked up at home, my family all hid out.

Not for anything else, because everyone is afraid of me.

And the reason for their fear is ridiculous, because I somehow strayed into a cave when I was a child. The cave was dark, and all I remember was the howling mountain wind and the dark river that flowed. I don't know how long I walked inside, but I walked out anyway.

When I got home, the people in the village pointed at me and said that I was a monster and a scourge. Only my mother and stepfather hugged and cried, and since then my memory of the cave has gradually blurred, but these eyes have always seen things that others can't see.

When I was ten years old, I saw Zhang Luoguo at the entrance of the village straightening his waist, and I was happy to tell the people around me. As a result, within half a day, Zhang Luoguo was pressed from his back by a carriage full of grain, his spine was about to break, and his waist was really straight.

Since then, they have been unable to avoid me. Especially during the Chung Yeung Festival, they even threw mud at me when they saw me, because the day I lost my childhood was Chung Yeung Festival, and they thought that I had brought the devil home on that day.

Looking back on those unbearable days, I laughed at myself and smiled with my mother.

"yes, I see!"

My mother was relieved to see that my face was as usual.

Then I asked my mother how to make the mutton soup, why I couldn't make it taste like the ingredients in the dish? The children of the poor are in charge of the house, and when I was four or five years old, I could pick up a spoon and cook. Because my family is poor, I dare say that everything I have ever eaten, I can make it almost originally.

It's a pity that my mother's mutton soup, I failed.

When my mother saw that I had come back for a soup, her smile deepened.

"It's for my uncle, right? I said that my daughter's life is good, and she must have married the right person. As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from the sundries cabinet, which contained some wild herbs commonly found in the mountains.

"What is this?"

My mother motioned for me to pour them out, and I did as she said. After that, she opened the cloth bag, and inside it turned out to be a line of fair traditional regular script.

"Since you want to learn, I'll pass it on to you, and it's not a valuable recipe."

Only then did I realize that what Qingfeng said that day was not a compliment. Mother's craftsmanship in making this sheep soup is really a unique job in the palace. According to her mother, her ancestors were also cooks in the palace, and many of her specialties were eaten at state banquets for the emperor's relatives.

But after so many years, the recipe for cooking is long gone. She also found this purse by chance from the old things at home, and after opening it, she found that it was a recipe and quietly left it.

I keep my eyes open, isn't this the wealth God has given me?

And the ingredients on this recipe are very simple, but there are a few weeds and herbs that everyone will never put in the cooking, but I didn't expect to add these to achieve such a delicious taste.

"Mom, I took this recipe, you must not tell anyone!"

Mother smiled and nodded, now in this year, I can't eat two taels of mutton all year round, and it's useless to give this recipe to others.

I happily filled the powder from my purse and tried it when I returned, and if it really tasted, my small restaurant would not be far from the business.

When I got home, it was a little dark, and for some reason, I felt a sense of fear about my yard every time it got dark. Although the yard was empty, I always felt that it was crowded at night, as if it was crowded with people.

Unexpectedly, just as I was carrying the firewood into the yard, my mother-in-law came.

Today's mother-in-law is less aggressive, her eyes are full of red bloodshots, and her dark eye bags are drooping as if she hasn't rested well recently. It's not a cold day, and she wears a scarf around her neck, which looks extremely coordinated.

"Mother-in-law, what are you..."

I stood at the gate, the gate was open, and I didn't stop her.

She snorted coldly, her eyes glancing into the room.

"Qingfeng went to work?"

I nodded, and he was going to work at this time.

"He... Have you been guilty of any old problems lately? ”

This time I really asked, I don't know what Qingfeng's old problem is? Don't you lift it?

"No, I can eat and sleep every day, it looks quite normal."

If I answer that, it should be fine. The mother-in-law snorted, and looked into the yard uneasily: "When did he come back last night?" ”

I thought about it, and this time it should be about the same.

The mother-in-law's face changed, as if this was not the answer she wanted. Then she asked, "Will he go out at night?" ”

What exactly does this old witch want to say? Could it be that she still suspects Qingfeng of stealing sweet potatoes from her backyard in the middle of the night? I heard my sister-in-law say the day before yesterday that my mother-in-law's sweet potatoes didn't know who was in trouble, and my mother-in-law scolded the street for a long time.

"Surely not, he is so tired from working during the day and sleeping soundly at night. Mother-in-law, if you are worried about him, come and have dinner with us in the evening. ”

I want my son to come and see it by himself, and always let me pass the word in the middle, am I a transmitter?

My mother-in-law looked at me in disbelief, and I straightened my back without a trace. I, Lin Xiaoyu, have a lot of adults, so I don't care about them villains and women.

My unscrupulous father didn't have much merit, but he taught me a thing that I remember to this day.

Don't worry about irrelevant things with irrelevant people! If you look at the general's sword, he never cuts flies.

Although he meant that I should not worry about eating cold food in winter, and the fact that my stepmother and he would not buy me a padded jacket to wear, it did bring me a lot of inspiration in my life.

"That's fine! Jianguo is also back, you sister-in-law should have picked him up a long time ago to get rid of bad luck! Those who come out of small households just don't know what the rules are. ”

I was kind-hearted, but I didn't expect to get this old witch's number again.

Fly!

What a big fly!

I muttered in my heart, and still neatly promised my mother-in-law that I would prepare the meal.

It's just that...

This wine and food money...

I stretched out my hand to my mother-in-law, and my mother-in-law also saw it in the eyes of the four walls. When I came to my house for dinner, I couldn't even make up four full benches, and I had to add more dishes and chopsticks.

The flesh on my mother-in-law's cheeks shook a few times, and she stretched out her fingers like chicken paws and nodded at me, and said hatefully: "Go to the old yard with Qingfeng to eat at night!" You, hurry up and prepare! ”

"Okay! I'll go over here! ”

I took off my apron, left a note for Qingfeng, and happily followed my mother-in-law to the old house.

Although my mother-in-law is unreasonable and hateful, and my brother-in-law is a fool, this does not prevent me from secretly learning techniques and improving my meal with Qingfeng by the way. If you can make new discoveries, life at home will be easier.

There is an oil mill and a tofu mill in my mother-in-law's house, the oil mill is staring at by my mother-in-law, and the tofu workshop is made by Chu Jianguo. Don't look at his five big and three coarse appearance, but the tofu he makes is fine and tender. The tofu from several nearby towns is sent out from here, as well as tofu skin, bean curd, etc., and the scale is indeed not small.

Otherwise, how could the bride price of 3,000 yuan be given as a name?

If this business only needs one thing that can allow us to enter individual stocks, will we still be worried?

Before I knew it, I racked my brains to think of ways to make money, and I really planned to live with the breeze.

Stepping into this courtyard again, I was in the mood to take a closer look. This is a three-entry courtyard, the huge wooden door is pasted with two fresh door gods, and there is a stone screen in the part facing the courtyard wall, the screen is engraved with a blessing character, and the children's lotus pond fishing carved below is lifelike. But how bright the red word Fu looked, I touched it with my hand, and it turned out to be dried blood.

"Don't mess around!"

My mother-in-law scolded me back, and I carefully retracted my hand.

Is this old witch cultivating? Why is there such a mess in the yard?

When she saw that I stopped where I was and didn't follow up, she was afraid that I would have a resistance to the things here, so she comforted me and said, "Didn't you get it for the day you married?" What are you afraid of! ”

After saying that, she twisted her ass and went in like she was fine.

Maybe she's telling the truth!